Karl Rove may have officially retired from government "service" in 2007, but the
trail of slime he left behind will keep investigators busy long after his pardon
is issued in the closing days of the Bush regime. Most significant of these investigations
will be the political persecution, prosecution and imprisonment of
former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Missing from the news coverage of this
odious case is the root of the scandal -- the theft of the 2002 Alabama gubernatorial race.

It is the Siegelman case which will connect the dots between the US
Attorney firing scandal and the wholesale highjacking of the American ballot process.
When proved -- and it ultimately will be exposed -- these crimes will be
recorded as the most horrific offenses against our democratic republic in American
history, because the motives were simply power for power's sake.

When
the litany of breaches against our constitutional laws and traditions
are finally revealed, it shall be known by all -- even Fox News viewers --
that Karl Rove was at the center of the conspiracy.